Bobby Valentine is considered by some to be the favorite to become the next manager of the Red Sox, and he got another vote in his favor yesterday.

“He’d be a great fit for them,” Omar Minaya said. “I texted him this morning to wish him luck.”

Minaya was an assistant general manager when Valentine managed the Mets, and they both have ties to the Rangers.

Both could be back in the majors next season, with Minaya weighing scouting offers from several teams after taking this past year off.

Regardless of where the former Mets’ general manager ends up in 2012, he said he thinks Valentine is just what the Red Sox need as they try to pick up the pieces from a season that ended in ugly fashion.

“With the team they have up there, Bobby would be perfect,” Minaya said while helping Yankees’ scout Cesar Presbott hand out Thanksgiving meals in The Bronx for Presbott’s foundation. “He’s had a lot of success in this game, and I could see him having some more up there.”

Valentine, 61, spent Monday at Fenway Park and has met with team ownership, as well as new general manager Ben Cherington, who took over for Theo Epstein.

Cherington said he intends to meet with the other remaining candidates, Gene Lamont and Torey Lovullo, before making a final decision about Terry Francona’s replacement before the Winter Meetings, which begin Dec. 5.

Valentine’s 10 years of managerial experience in the majors, as well as a stint in Japan, could give him an edge over the soon-to-be 65-year old Lamont, as well as Lovullo, who hasn’t managed in the majors.